CVE-2025-13632 Privilege escalation in Chrome
A malicious Chrome extension can exploit a DevTools flaw to escape the sandbox, allowing attackers to execute code with elevated privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-13632?
CVE-2025-13632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 2 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Inappropriate implementation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 143.0.7499.41 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: High)
Weakness: CWE-194
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13632?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2025-13632?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-13632 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13632 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-13632, GHSA-c8g4-h8j5-vjpp.